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| ==Introduction== | |||
| Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada.   | Resources for researching African American ancestors who lived in Nevada.   | ||
| == | ==Online Resources== | ||
| *[http://www.nvgenweb.org/nvlinks.html NVGenWeb Project] | |||
| ==Research Strategy== | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Legal history -[http://salonsubrosa.com/timeline-of-african-american-legal-history-in-nevada-1861-2011/ The Timeline of African-American Legal History in Nevada (1861-2011)] by Professor Rachel J. Anderson depicts selected events in the history of African-American lawyers, civil rights, and diversity in Nevada’s bar and on the bench.  | |||
| ===  | Rusco. Elmer R. ''Good Time Coming''. Black Nevadans in the nineteenth century; forward by Kenneth W. Porter. West port, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1975. xix, 230 p. - (Contributions in Afro-American and African studies; no. 15) E185.93.N52 R87  | ||
| ==Resources== | |||
| ===  | ===Biographies=== | ||
| ===Cemeteries=== | |||
| ===Census Records=== | |||
| ===Church Records=== | |||
| ===Emancipation Records=== | |||
| ===Funeral Homes=== | |||
| ===Genealogies=== | |||
| ===Land and Property=== | |||
| ====Plantation==== | |||
| ===Oral Histories=== | |||
| ===Other Records=== | |||
| ===Military Records=== | |||
| ===Newspapers=== | |||
| ===Probate Records=== | |||
| ===Reconstruction Records=== | |||
| ====Freedman’s Bank==== | |||
| ====Freedmen's Bureau==== | |||
| ===School Records=== | |||
| ===Slavery Records=== | |||
| ===Vital Records=== | |||
| ====Birth==== | |||
| ====Marriage==== | |||
| ====Death==== | |||
| ====Divorce==== | |||
| ===Voting Registers=== | |||
| ==Archives and Libraries== | |||
| '''Lied Library''' | |||
| 4505 South Maryland Pkwy. <br>Box 457001 <br>Las Vegas, Nevada <br>89154-7001 <br>(702) 895-2100<br>Search the [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/index.html special collections] for oral histories and other resources. Also see [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/nevada_repositories/index.php Nevada Repositories].   | 4505 South Maryland Pkwy. <br>Box 457001 <br>Las Vegas, Nevada <br>89154-7001 <br>(702) 895-2100<br>Search the [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/index.html special collections] for oral histories and other resources. Also see [http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/nevada_repositories/index.php Nevada Repositories].   | ||
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| UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. [http://www.library.unlv.edu/oral_histories/african_americans_in_lv.html See African Americans in Las Vegas.]   | UNLV Libraries have received funding from the Nevada State Library and Archives under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project with the public libraries, the university, the State Museum, the public television station, and city and county government to document the African American experience in Las Vegas. [http://www.library.unlv.edu/oral_histories/african_americans_in_lv.html See African Americans in Las Vegas.]   | ||
| '''Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center''' | |||
| (University of Nevada, Reno)<br>1664 N. Virginia St. <br>Reno, Nevada 89557 <br>775.784.4636<br>[http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/univarch/ University Archives]<br> See [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/96-47.html A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project].   | (University of Nevada, Reno)<br>1664 N. Virginia St. <br>Reno, Nevada 89557 <br>775.784.4636<br>[http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/univarch/ University Archives]<br> See [http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/96-47.html A Guide to the Nevada Black History Project].   | ||
| ==Societies== | |||
| Nevada African American Genealogical Society - NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the family history center located at <br>509 S 9th Street <br>Las Vegas, NV 89101 <br>[http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage=page&mode=display&gid=01352001051121471290397877 Website]   | Nevada African American Genealogical Society - NAAGS meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month except on July and August at 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the family history center located at <br>509 S 9th Street <br>Las Vegas, NV 89101 <br>[http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/servlet/lvrj_ProcServ/dbpage=page&mode=display&gid=01352001051121471290397877 Website]   | ||
| == | ==References== | ||
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| {{ | {{African American|African American}}   | ||
| {{Nevada|Nevada}} | |||
| [[Category:Nevada, United States]][[Category: | [[Category:Nevada, United States]][[Category:African American Records]] | ||
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